Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Cute Kids...

I don't know how I got the best 2 year old in the entire world, but I did! Adam has been so wonderful the past 2 weeks with all the changes in our family. He has LOVED having his Grandma's here to play with him! He is such a good helper and loves his baby sister -almost too much sometimes. We hear a lot of "ee-ar" (sweetheart), "baby Tess so illy" (silly), and most often it's "baby tess so ute!" (cute). It has been fun watching him become a big brother. I can't believe how big he is now that there is an actual baby around. I also marvel at how much he is like his Uncle Kevin. Some of his favorites include Peter Pan, Pagemaster (I know, go figure!), he started making animal shapes out of his half eaten crackers, and today he discovered and loved Lego's! Yikes!!!
We have wonderful parents that have helped us out so much the last 2 weeks while I have been recovering. My mom was here for a week and a half. It was so nice to have her around!! Dad and Katy drove up last Wednesday to pick her up and spend the day with us. Then my awesome mother-in-law came for a few days and was Adam's little shopping buddy. They had already left the house for the morning by the time I woke up most days. It was such a help having her here.

As for our little Tessa...she is doing pretty well. We both had our 2 week check -up yesterday. I am healing well and the dr said I could go back to normal activities as long as I was still taking it easy when I feel I need to. I am glad to be able to drive again. That was annoying, but Eric was great about getting me out of the house. I am feeling good though..considering I am getting about 4 hours of sleep a night. I just remind myself that it won't last forever. Somehow that makes me feel better in the morning.
As for Tessa, everything is looking good except her weight. Instead of gaining, she is losing. We have gone from 6 lbs 6 oz when she was born to 5 lbs 14 oz 4 days later and now 12 days after that she is at 5 lbs 10 oz. The dr is concerned as am I because she eats really well and is having good wet diapers. I am taking her back Thurs afternoon to check her weight again and if she hasn't gained anything then we will have to figure something else out. I will have to pump or give her formula and measure exactly what she is eating so we can see what her intake is. I wasn't really stressed at the dr's yesterday, but last night I was really worried and feeling like a horrible mother. Today is better though...I am working hard to make sure she is eating well and we will just see what happens on Thursday. My mom says her block of cheese weighs more than Tessa does. I have no idea how I ended up with such scrawny babies considering the genes that run in my family.
Tessa's favorite place to be is snuggled up on my chest and I have to say I love having her there!
Her 2 weeks old pictures. She swims in some of her newborn clothes.



Saturday, August 16, 2008

Thoughts from a tired Mom

I have a few minutes, so I thought I would throw some new pictures up. Tessa is doing really well and I am feeling pretty good. I am so grateful that everything was okay and that both Tessa and I were safe. I get scared going to sleep sometimes, but I guess waking up to a pool of blood underneath you will do that. I am also so thankful that I didn't have to have a blood transfusion, which was a strong possibility. Not my idea of fun. Tessa is eating really well and loves to be held! I have a hard time putting her down....I think we are making up for the day and a half that I didn't get to hold her. I am so glad that she is here and so happy to be a mommy!!
Her first bath at home

How cute is she?! I am loving her clothes and bows!!

what a difference two years makes!!




Anniversary

Thursday Eric and I celebrated our 4th anniversary! I can't believe it has already been four years! My Mom took Adam out for a couple of hours so we could enjoy an evening at home, since I can't really go anywhere. We ordered some take out (Thai food!!) and watched a movie-which let me tell you was really nice to do without a two year old running around. So much has happened to us in four years and I wouldn't change a minute of it! I have the best husband ever and am so glad that we have each other!




Tuesday, August 12, 2008

BABY PICS

Becky and Tessa are doing well. Adam is thrilled to have a baby in our house. Here are some pictures from the last few days.



Adam playing hide and seek in the curtains at the hospital.



Adam thought the breast pump would make a good trumpet.














Sunday, August 10, 2008

Happy Birthday Tessa!






















Tessa surprised us all and came early Saturday morning. Ironically, we had just scheduled the C-section for the 25th. I guess Tessa couldn't wait that long. She was born at 8:19 am and weighs 6 lbs and 6 oz. Becky and Tessa are doing well. Tessa is tired and the pediatrician isn't sure if this is from normal tansition or if she has an infection. Even though he doesn't think that Tessa has an infection he wants to be cautious so Tessa is on a 2 day course of antibiotics. Other than that things are going well.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Special Delivery! by Eric


Last week Adam and I played a game where you say "special delivery" and then deliver a pillow to the other person's head. Oddly enough it all started while Adam was singing "Twinkle twinkle little star" with Becky. I came over to sing too and he turned around and swung a pillow at me. This just goes to show that our roles are pretty well defined in our house. Mom means singing and Dad means a pillow to the back of your head. Anyway, after a tough round 3 of "special delivery" I laid down but Adam wasn't done yet. He pummeled me with every pillow from my bed, then went to his bedroom and hit me with all his pillows and then when there were no more pillows in the house he got his big red bat to finish me off. Needless to say after such a humiliating defeat, I'll be challenging him to another match of "special delivery" soon.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

This weeks projects....

Tessa's bedding finally came last week and so I have spent the week getting her room ready. Adam wanted to try out her bed after I had everything set up and looking pretty. I love her bedding!!! I made curtains for her window and am not thrilled with the outcome. My sewing machine doesn't work well and I had a two year old pulling on the fabric while I tried to measure things. So, please don't study them....you will see my mistakes!
We painted her shelf, name and butterflies. In the end, her room is super cute and very girlie!